- Issued:
- 2013-11-20
- Updated:
- 2013-11-20
RHBA-2013:1583 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
irqbalance bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
Updated irqbalance packages that fix several bugs are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.
Description
The irqbalance packages provide a daemon that evenly distributes interrupt
request (IRQ) load across multiple CPUs for enhanced performance.
This update fixes the following bugs:
- Previously, irqbalance warned about MSI interrupts, and that IRQs would not be
properly classified due to the use of a kernel version older than
kernel-2.6.32-279. This update blocks users from using irqbalance with an older
version of the kernel, without features required for processing MSI interrupts,
and warning messages are no longer received. (BZ#951720)
- Due to recent changes in the irqbalance packages, the /var/run/irqbalance.pid
file was not created upon start of the irqbalance service, causing irqbalance to
become non-compliant with the Linux Standard Base (LSB) specification. This
update provides a patch fixing this problem so the irqbalance packages are LSB
compliant again. (BZ#975524)
- A bug in the irqbalance code caused the irqbalance daemon to terminate with a
segmentation fault when a CPU was hot plugged or hot unplugged. This update
fixes a corrupted IRQ rebalance list and the irqbalance daemon no longer crashes
in this scenario. (BZ#991363)
Users of irqbalance are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
these bugs.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Retired Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
Fixes
(none)CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6
SRPM | |
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irqbalance-1.0.4-6.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: 87f6e05bcc72af84136ae91240eb905ef99f431b121229c386f77e5fdb5825d7 |
x86_64 | |
irqbalance-1.0.4-6.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 1fffa216c6e7d955363a38ca48377bac19db4ad3f9deb551ec611fff9a73544b |
irqbalance-debuginfo-1.0.4-6.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: d395d2334e59709b54d734ad7eed1ff6c35fab5e02e0463c878f3237ff3aaf2b |
i386 | |
irqbalance-1.0.4-6.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 2a41fb9525a9f1349a85fe1b62294c8d2409c9517e4953477caea4312e8de772 |
irqbalance-debuginfo-1.0.4-6.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 09e3595d75c7f8c2b2383d5f653ce577e77e1d2ebd681c68c287a72888cfa711 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6
SRPM | |
---|---|
irqbalance-1.0.4-6.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: 87f6e05bcc72af84136ae91240eb905ef99f431b121229c386f77e5fdb5825d7 |
x86_64 | |
irqbalance-1.0.4-6.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 1fffa216c6e7d955363a38ca48377bac19db4ad3f9deb551ec611fff9a73544b |
irqbalance-debuginfo-1.0.4-6.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: d395d2334e59709b54d734ad7eed1ff6c35fab5e02e0463c878f3237ff3aaf2b |
i386 | |
irqbalance-1.0.4-6.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 2a41fb9525a9f1349a85fe1b62294c8d2409c9517e4953477caea4312e8de772 |
irqbalance-debuginfo-1.0.4-6.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 09e3595d75c7f8c2b2383d5f653ce577e77e1d2ebd681c68c287a72888cfa711 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6
SRPM | |
---|---|
irqbalance-1.0.4-6.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: 87f6e05bcc72af84136ae91240eb905ef99f431b121229c386f77e5fdb5825d7 |
x86_64 | |
irqbalance-1.0.4-6.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 1fffa216c6e7d955363a38ca48377bac19db4ad3f9deb551ec611fff9a73544b |
irqbalance-debuginfo-1.0.4-6.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: d395d2334e59709b54d734ad7eed1ff6c35fab5e02e0463c878f3237ff3aaf2b |
i386 | |
irqbalance-1.0.4-6.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 2a41fb9525a9f1349a85fe1b62294c8d2409c9517e4953477caea4312e8de772 |
irqbalance-debuginfo-1.0.4-6.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 09e3595d75c7f8c2b2383d5f653ce577e77e1d2ebd681c68c287a72888cfa711 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6
SRPM | |
---|---|
irqbalance-1.0.4-6.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: 87f6e05bcc72af84136ae91240eb905ef99f431b121229c386f77e5fdb5825d7 |
x86_64 | |
irqbalance-1.0.4-6.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 1fffa216c6e7d955363a38ca48377bac19db4ad3f9deb551ec611fff9a73544b |
irqbalance-debuginfo-1.0.4-6.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: d395d2334e59709b54d734ad7eed1ff6c35fab5e02e0463c878f3237ff3aaf2b |
i386 | |
irqbalance-1.0.4-6.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 2a41fb9525a9f1349a85fe1b62294c8d2409c9517e4953477caea4312e8de772 |
irqbalance-debuginfo-1.0.4-6.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 09e3595d75c7f8c2b2383d5f653ce577e77e1d2ebd681c68c287a72888cfa711 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6
SRPM | |
---|---|
irqbalance-1.0.4-6.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: 87f6e05bcc72af84136ae91240eb905ef99f431b121229c386f77e5fdb5825d7 |
ppc64 | |
irqbalance-1.0.4-6.el6.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: 7c4b238a17ec14f3747c97d0517c3c4032350db0e60423c82650ef0aa99fe1f4 |
irqbalance-debuginfo-1.0.4-6.el6.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: bb6c8a74730bffed5960ac2dc0160bb0de7ef6be008cdc46ee93f12dd78b580a |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6
SRPM | |
---|---|
irqbalance-1.0.4-6.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: 87f6e05bcc72af84136ae91240eb905ef99f431b121229c386f77e5fdb5825d7 |
x86_64 | |
irqbalance-1.0.4-6.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 1fffa216c6e7d955363a38ca48377bac19db4ad3f9deb551ec611fff9a73544b |
irqbalance-debuginfo-1.0.4-6.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: d395d2334e59709b54d734ad7eed1ff6c35fab5e02e0463c878f3237ff3aaf2b |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6
SRPM | |
---|---|
irqbalance-1.0.4-6.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: 87f6e05bcc72af84136ae91240eb905ef99f431b121229c386f77e5fdb5825d7 |
x86_64 | |
irqbalance-1.0.4-6.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 1fffa216c6e7d955363a38ca48377bac19db4ad3f9deb551ec611fff9a73544b |
irqbalance-debuginfo-1.0.4-6.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: d395d2334e59709b54d734ad7eed1ff6c35fab5e02e0463c878f3237ff3aaf2b |
i386 | |
irqbalance-1.0.4-6.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 2a41fb9525a9f1349a85fe1b62294c8d2409c9517e4953477caea4312e8de772 |
irqbalance-debuginfo-1.0.4-6.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 09e3595d75c7f8c2b2383d5f653ce577e77e1d2ebd681c68c287a72888cfa711 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Retired Extended Life Cycle Support 6
SRPM | |
---|---|
irqbalance-1.0.4-6.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: 87f6e05bcc72af84136ae91240eb905ef99f431b121229c386f77e5fdb5825d7 |
x86_64 | |
irqbalance-1.0.4-6.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 1fffa216c6e7d955363a38ca48377bac19db4ad3f9deb551ec611fff9a73544b |
irqbalance-debuginfo-1.0.4-6.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: d395d2334e59709b54d734ad7eed1ff6c35fab5e02e0463c878f3237ff3aaf2b |
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